Garment-hanger.



G. 11. WHEARY. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1911.

1,010,102. Patnted Nov. 28, 1911.

I Witnesses Inventor y I Attorneys GEORGE H. WHEARY, or ancmn,WISCONSIN.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 28, 1911.

Application filed June 12, 1911. Serial No. 632,659.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WHEARYM a citizen of the United States,residing at; Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin,have invented anew and useful.

Garment-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in garment hangers.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a clampingdevice for garments, which the garment may be readily inserted andclamped.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter in which the latch members which support a pivoted clampingmember also serves as a suspension means for the hanger.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view of the device in its suspendedposition. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the clamping members. Fig. 3 isan edge view of said members. Fig. 1 is a view of the blank from whichthe socket is formed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the socket member.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the stationary clamping memberwhich is preferably formed of wood and which is a width suflicient tocontact with the garment without creasing the same. Each end of themember 10 enters a socket member 11 which is formed of a single piece ofsheet metal so bent as to engage all but the upper edge of the endportion of the member 10, the portion of the socket which would normallyembrace the upper edge of the member 10, being bent to form a hook 12,the hooks of the two socket members as shown in Fig. 1 embracing pegs ornails to support the hanger. The other of the members which form thegarment clamp consist of a strip of material 13 which may be thinnerthan the stationary clamping member 10, the member 10 being of a lengthin excess of the length of the member 18, the member 13 extendingapproximately the distance between the sockets. Each end of the member13 is provided with a metallic plate 14, the edge of which adjacent thetop of the plate is vcontinued to form an car 15. The ears 15 of theplate 13 are adapted to rest within the socket members, the socketmembers being pressed outwardly to form a housing for said ears. In thepreferred form of the device one of the ears is pivotally supportedwithin the housbetween the clamping portions of ing 16 of one of thesocket members, the ear on the plate at the other end of the. member 13being freely lifted out of its socket in order to swing themember' 13 onits pivot to place a garment between the clamping members. Thus it willbe noted that the sockets form a support for the garment hanger and atthe same time ooact to support one of the clamping members.

Particular attention is called to the fact that the socket members ateither end of the member 10 are identical in construction the onlydifference in the finished hanger being the pin 17 which passes throughthe outwardly bent portion of one of the sockets, extending through theear on one of the plates 14: to pivotally support the member 13, thus itwill be seen that the socket members may be constructed as shown inFigs. 4 and 5, the blank as shown in said figures being so cut that itmay be bent to embrace both sides of the member 10, one edge and its endportion, the portion 18 of said blank which would normally embrace theupper edge of the member 10, being bent to form a supporting hook. Themember 10 is provided with a loop 19 to receive the hook 20 of a coathanger 21.

The many advantages of a garment hanger of this construction will beclearly apparent and particular attention is called to the fact that themetallic parts of the hanger may be economically constructed, each part,the socket members and the plates carried by the pivoted clampingmembers being formed of a single piece of metal.

What is claimed is 1. A garment hanger consisting of a plurality ofgripping members, a socket incasing each end of one of said members,said socket receiving projections carried by the other member and a hookformed integral with each of said sockets.

2. A garment hanger consisting of a plurality of clamping members, oneof said members being of a length in excess of the other member, asocket arranged on each end of the longer member, one wall of saidsocket being bent to form a hook, a plate secured to each end of theother member, said plates being provided with a projection arranged toenter an outwardly bent portion of one of the sockets.

3. A garment hanger consisting of a plurality of clamping members, asocket arranged on each end of one of said clamping members, said socketbeing formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to embrace aprojection carried by the other of the clamping members.

4. A garment hanger consisting of a plurality of clamping members, oneof said members being of a length in excess of the other, a socketmember arranged on each end of the longer member, one of said socketsforming a pivotal support for the shorter member, said sockets beingprovided with means for suspending the hanger.

5. A garment hanger consisting of a plurality of clamping members, asocket arranged on each end of one of said members, said socket beingformed With suspension hooks, a plate arranged on each end of the othermember, each of said plates being provided With an ear, one of said earsbeing pivotally supported Within one of said sockets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in, the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE H. WHEARY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. Q

